SOLUTION: Twelve $5-bills, eight $10-bills, and five $20-bills are put into a bag and shaken up. You get to reach in and pull out two of the bills without looking. What is the probability

Question 327037: Twelve $5-bills, eight $10-bills, and five $20-bills are put into a bag and shaken up. You get to reach in and pull out two of the bills without looking. What is the probability you get a total of at least $20?
a 46% b 54% c 66 2/3% d 33 1/3% e 60%

Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
12 $5, 8 $10, 5 $20=25 bills total
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Remember for the second probability, the total number of bills is reduced by 1.
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If you add all of these probabilities together, you will get , since these outcomes represent all of the possible outcomes.
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Now find, the ones that sum to at least $20 and add up their probabilities.
3,5,6,7,8,9 all sum to at least $20. Add up all of their probabilities or you could add 1,2, and 4 probabilities and subtract from 1.
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P(>=$20)= or 46%
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